Error Recording Opening Template with WordBasic Macro
Article ID: 157624
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q157624
SYMPTOMS
When you are recording a Visual Basic for Applications macro in Word and you try to open a template containing a WordBasic macro, the following error message appears:
Word cannot open files containing WordBasic macros while macro
recording. Stop macro recording and try again.
CAUSE
WordBasic macros cannot be converted to Visual Basic for Applications
while the Visual Basic macro recorder is recording.
WORKAROUND
Stop recording the macro and open the file to automatically convert the
WordBasic macro. Save the template in Word 97 format, and then record the macro using the newly converted template.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
REFERENCES
For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
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